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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-07-17, Page 3r highi.c'ayknolls iev..ile The Ministry of Transportation and Communications is thinking ahead to " winter_ weather conditions as it continues, its slope impro'V'eent plan at Taylor's Corners on Highway 8 . between Goderch and Clinton. By levelling off slopes and hills in the area, the MTC hopes to change the drifting pattern Qf snow and thus eliminate the. number of man-hours spent ploughing and, blowing this snow during the winter months. The 1VITC,tenders for the 'machines; to do the work and enters into agreetraents, with farmers and other -00 ..peopleliving in'thp area where the woi is to ire done; These people are usually.agreeable to the work because their problem laneways can be levelled 4at,the,same time. The 410pe improvement plan is carried out as funds become ° available. For the'. last few '"years, Highway. 21 • north of Goderich has • been the focus of the plan. The MTC hopes to have the Taylor's' Corners area levelled and seeded by the end of the summer, ' • MTC officials claim that the plan is amoney-saver in the long run. stuck in the middle Have you never thought about dressing rooms? No, either had T until one day at lunch. It was one of those conversations that just arose out of the blue and passed. the time while we fiddled with our cutlery and waited for our burgers. We all decided that clothing store change rooms leave a lot to be desired. Naturally, the way you look in front of the mirror has nothing to do with your purchase, it's all the fault of the mirrors, the crummy lighting and the lack of space. First there's the rule that you can only take three articles of clothing into the change room at one time. This poses a serious problem for the buyer who's loaded down with three dresses, two pairs of pants and a couple of blouses. Without fail the three pieces you've finally limited yourself to don't fit and you see another shopper carrying around the clothes you had to give up to- meet -the -toles-, , r But there's always a congenial saleswoman around. Without warning she'll pullback the cur- tain, catch you off guard in your underwear and state, `Now how does that fit?" After gaining your composure, you make sornv feeble excuse about it not being the right color and .out of nowhere the sales woman .will produce some other gaudy creation.. "Here I think this will look good on.you," she pushes. "Well T really don't have time today, I was just looking," you mumble. "Try it on," she commands. After a few moments of steaming in front of the dirty mirror you make your escape and with -any luck the sales woman will be giving her pitch to some other customer. Comfortable accommodation in a dressing room is enough to make the calmest customer steam. It takes a well organized shopper to manage in one of those "closests." After fighting to get the rickety door shut you find there's only one small hook and no mirror. Thoughtful) you hang the new clothes on the hook and toss your own garments onto the dark, dirty carpet.' After fumbling into the new clothes using you best Houdini -like moves, you're faced with the problem of not knowing what you look like. In what could be the most embarrassing moment in your life, you sneak out into the corridor for a quick peak in the mirror but the sight of someone else there sends you scrambling back to the meagre privacy of the change room. In sheer frustration, youpile back into your own clothes, return the other garments and tell the 'clerk, "Wasn't the right color:" People like privacy when they're trying on clothes. The thought of having a two-way mirror in. dressing rooms keeps you on the lookout with your back towards the reflector. Even worse is the out-and-out frankness of the communal change rooms. I,ve only encountered one • before, iforie otheiThan'Toro ito and it was a short stay. The circular room covered in Mirrors was filled with .women in various states of dress. Some looked like models and I wondered—, why others were even attempting to try on^ those, skimpy outfits. Everyone was casually • `doing their own thing" and. paid little attention to the person next to them, except for a few of us self- conscious and • curious shoppers who simply stared in the mirror at others or quickly escaped. Stores offer no explanation or promotion for their dressing -- rooms. The perfect change room should be' bright and airy and offer enough room to "move" in your new garment. A good, solid door, preferrably with a lock, is a necessity along with _ several hangers. It's nice to have a ledge, a chair to set other parcels on and a dish or cushion for all those useless little pins. Perhaps if shops paid more at- tention to their change rooms their sales could be greater. It's not the clothes that make a person, it's the rirPecina rnnm f 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 CUT OUT- 10 UT- 4? WS -RECORD, 'flf J SDAY, AMY 17, i98Q Near tragedy...: • from page 1 " control. A tow zine was attached and the four persons were hauled to safety aboard the Schofield craft, They then began. to taw the boat 'Slowly toward the harbour at ap- proximately %-knot but the tow -line broke. A' power launch which was rescuing another 'motor boat' which had run out of gas came over and being more manouverable in close (wafters, h reconnected the line. Eveataal1 the Amble y Cat' was W`l� towed into harbor (with everyone singing When, the • Saints...) ..and righted, leaving four' people pretty wet and shaky, but happy to be on dry land after a valuable lesson in sailing . .which couldwell, have been a tragedy. It is, nice to see that we have alert sailors (-as the crew aboard the S'uyaema) operating out of the BayfieldHarbour. Students from Clinton's Huron Music Studio took first place in the guitar en- semble competition at the Central Music League Festival in Kitchener recently. The band members included, front row, left to right, Troy Hoggart, David Whyte and David Stevenson. Back row, Doug Gilbert, Chris Kerrigan, Shawn Lester and Barb Sloane. (News -Record photo) Council backs busing By Shelley McPhee Clinton Council does not believe that giving up on busing and opening up more schools will help conserve fuel. At their July '7 meeting council turned' down a motion from the town of Latchford which suggested , that thousands of school buses use fuel each day andit would be more economical to transport teachers to smaller schools and promote the use of audio visual equipment as a- fuel. conservation scheme. The resolution state that stn nts must travel farther to schools and they are asking the government to study the busing • system and :discourage continual centralization of education and dependence -on costly fuel. Councillor, Ron McKay suggested to Clinton council that they must look a school figures to see how feasible it is".. to operate smaller schools. Councillor' Rob' Parr agreed and asked, "How much does it.costtoheat a school in the winter, along with °• hydro and water? You could probably run a lot of buses on those costs." "It would be hard to turn the clock back and bring back smaller schools," Mayor Harold Lobb noted. "I think starting 'the bigger schools was a step in the right direction and if we conserve too much we could end up with an overload." BIA plans ... • from page i how much it would cost would be studied when the -bylaw to borrow the money was set up. - "The details are listed here in the booklet we received from Hill 'and Borgal ''. _ Mayor bb or Lo. ,inforaeried.-.y "They've just deducted the Isaac Street and"walk extensions from the plan." Clerk Proctor went on to say that the plans would have to have Ontario Municipal Board approval and noted, "At 'some point you'll have to be more detailed that this application, • Councillor McKay, in full support of the proposals said, , "There may be some things that we don't all agree with in the: plans', but we've got a group of people who are willing to take the bull by the horns. So let's support them." H• e added, "If we can borrow money- over oneyover $60,000 at one per cent interest, then that's not bad business." vAPQNA NO -PEST STRIP BLACK FLAG HOUSE & GARDEN BUG KILLER 390 GR SHOP THE TRIANGLE STORE IN YOUR TOWN! 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